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Jan 7, 2022, 2:36 PM

Keir Starmer’s contract with voters is only the start

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (Via Jewish News)

Security, prosperity and respect. As objectives for Government goes, these really should be as uncontroversial as it gets. But it was politically vital – and morally right – for Labour leader Keir Starmer to make them the centrepiece of the contract with voters he unveiled...

Oct 27, 2021, 7:18 PM

A year after EHRC we can move on from a dark period, but there’s work to do

Mike Katz during a press conference by the Jewish Labour Movement at the offices of Mishcon de Reya in London, following the publication of damming anti-Semitism report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

A year ago on 29 October, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published its long-awaited report on antisemitism in the Labour Party. One year on, whilst there’s no resting on laurels, the difference between the Labour of Jeremy Corbyn which the EHRC found had...

May 10, 2021, 2:25 PM

Starmer must resist calls to go back to bad old ways

Sir Keir Starmer (left) alongside former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre) (Via Jewish News)

First, the good news. The London Assembly constituency of Barnet & Camden, which is the biggest Jewish ‘seat’ to be contested at any election, was comfortably held by Labour. Jewish Labour Movement member Anne Clarke, who takes over the reins of Andrew Dismore – a...

Oct 29, 2020, 6:10 PM

Our discrimination wasn’t imagined. It was real, it hurt and was wrong

It’s been a long time coming, but finally we saw the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) report into the Labour Party yesterday. And it was a complete vindication for the Jewish Labour Movement and our members. Yesterday was a day of shame for Labour,...

Jun 27, 2019, 2:57 PM

It’s who you know, NOT who you hate

Labour MP Chris Williamson. (Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire - Jewish News)

Mike Katz, national chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, on how welcoming back Chris Williamson shows how tragically little the party cares about fighting Jew hate. In today’s Labour Party, what counts is who you know, not who you hate. That’s the only lesson that can be drawn from...

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Mike Katz is national chair of the Jewish Labour Movement